On October 22, 2019, OFAC issued General License No. 2G – General License with Respect to Entities Blocked Pursuant to Executive Order 13405, extending the expiration date of the general license to April 26, 2021. General License No. 2G replaces General License No. 2F and authorizes transactions with blocked entities by Belerusian Oil Trade House, Belneftekhim, Belneftekhim USA, Inc., Belshina OAO, … Continue Reading
Recently, the Department of the Treasury’s OFAC issued an amended General License 8D, “Authorizing Transactions Involving Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) Necessary for Maintenance of operations for Certain Entities in Venezuela.”… Continue Reading
The Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) on October 14, 2019, that authorized US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and US Department of State to impose sanctions on various Turkish individuals and entities involved in the conflict in Northern Syria. The same day that the EO was issued, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and two entities as … Continue Reading
On January 28, 2019, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has designated Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) following Executive Order (E.O.) 13850, after a determination by Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin and Secretary of State Michael Pompeo that PdVSA was operating in the Venezuelan oil sector. Additionally, OFAC has amended General License 3 and … Continue Reading
On January 16, 2019, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it was extending the expiration dates for the following general licenses related to EN+Group PLC, JSC EuroSibEnergo and United Company RUSAL PLC: General License 13J, General License 14E and General License 16E.… Continue Reading
On January 8, 2019, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Venezuela-related General License 6, which authorizes the winding down of certain specified transactions with Globovision Tele C.A. and Globovision Tele CA, Corp. until January 8, 2020. Additionally, OFAC issued new FAQs for General License 6, and also added several new individuals and entities to … Continue Reading
On October 24, 2018, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that, together with the Department of State, it is extending the Belarus General License 2F’s expiration date. The general license authorizes transactions with certain entities in Belarus pursuant to Executive Order 13405. However, the general license does not authorize the release of blocked property. The expiration date for the general … Continue Reading
On October 12 and October 19, 2018, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) extended the expiration date of certain Ukraine-related General Licenses. Specifically, OFAC issued General License 13E and 13F, Authorizing Certain Transactions Necessary to Divest or Transfer Debt, Equity, or Other Holdings in Certain Blocked Persons, which extend the deadline for certain transactions with GAZ Group and with RUSAL … Continue Reading
On September 21, 2018, OFAC extended certain Ukraine-related general licenses. OFAC issued General License No. 13D authorizing certain transactions necessary to divest or transfer debt, equity, or other holdings in listed blocked persons. OFAC also issued General Licenses No. 14A and 16A, which authorize certain activities necessary to the maintenance or wind down of operations or existing contracts with 1) United … Continue Reading
Effective 18 April 2017, the US Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has revised the Entity List entry for Russia’s Federal Security Service (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti or FSB) to conform to the OFAC general license adopted on 2 February 2017, General License No. 1. That general license authorises transactions otherwise prohibited under Executive … Continue Reading
On 9 March 2017, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 4F, authorising limited transactions with the Panamanian Mall, Soho Panama, S.A, and related entity Westline Enterprises, Inc. Soho Mall Panama was designated for sanctions under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908) in May 2016, in … Continue Reading
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a new general licence under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598, authorising certain transaction relating to the wind-down of the Honduran bank, Banco Continental, S.A. The bank was added to OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons in October 2015 in … Continue Reading
